Shadowlands PvP Season 2 Guide: PvP Vendors, How to Upgrade PvP Gear, and Rewards

• Unchained Equipment Chest can be purchased from Au'Dara the Heirloom broker in Oribos for 375 Conquest. The Bind-to-Account chest contains 1 piece of item level 220 unranked PvP gear. It can be purchased by a character with a 1,600 or higher rating in any PvP bracket.
• Lower item-level (Honor) PvP gear scales to a higher item level in PvP situations that before. This should reduce the power level gap so that new characters can feel that they are able to compete in Battlegrounds and Arenas more readily. This change will not affect high item-level (Conquest) PvP gear.
• Additional PvP ranks and item level ranks have been added to provide a more granular upgrade experience for players climbing up the ranks.
• The Honor cost to upgrade Unrated gear has been reduced by around 25%, and the Conquest cost to upgrade Rated gear has been adjusted to spread across the new ranks.
• The following toys can no longer be used in Arenas and Battlegrounds: Contender's Costumes, Fae Harp, and Piccolo of the Flaming Fire.
• The incapacitate from the Pandaren racial ability Quaking Palm now breaks to absorbed damage.
• Fleshcraft (Necrolord Ability) now absorbs up to 30% of maximum health while in PvP combat (was 40%).
• When a Battleground or Arena match begins, Fleshcraft absorbs exceeding 30% of maximum health are reduced to 30% maximum health.

Shadowlands PvP Season 2 started on July 6, 2021. No end date for the Season has been announced yet.

In War Mode, Arenas, and Battlegrounds, Unrated PvP gear scales up by 17-36 item levels.. For example, an item level 177 piece of PvP gear retains item level 177 in PvE, but scales to item level 213 in PvP. However, at higher ranks, the item level increase in PvP combat and War Mode decreases. If you upgrade an item to rank 7 that has item level 216, it will only scale up to item level 233 in PvP, which is 17 item levels.

Rated PvP gear scales by 13 item levels in PvP situations, meaning an item level 220 gear piece would scale to item level 233 in PvP.

You can buy gear from PvP vendors in Oribos, at 36, 57.

• Purveyor Zo'kuul sells Rank 1 (Item Level 177) Honor PvP gear.
• Zo'sorg sells Unranked (Item Level 220) Conquest PvP gear
• Aggressor Zo'dash can upgrade Unrated PvP gear (up to Rank 7) for Honor, and Rated PvP gear (up to Rank 9) for Conquest.
• Strategist Zo'rak offers 2 quests that you can complete each week:
  • Observing Arenas: Obtain 250 Conquest in Arenas to receive 2 Multi-Modal Anima Container and 500 Honor.
  • Observing Skirmishes: Obtain 250 Honor from Arena Skirmishes to receive 1 Multi-Modal Anima Container and 350 Honor.
• Zo'sorg offers a new War Mode quest called New Opportunities Await. To complete it, you must enable War Mode and kill 20 players in Korthia. Upon completion, you will be given an Item Level 220 trinket ( Unchained Gladiator's Shackles).

Starts at Rank 1 (Item Level 177) and the item cost depends on the slot.

• Amulets/Back/Wrist/Rings cost 525 Honor;
• Shoulders/Hands/Waist/Feet cost 700 Honor;
• Head/Chest/Legs/One-Hand Weapons cost 875 Honor;
• Trinkets cost 525 and 700 Honor;
• Two-Hand Weapons cost 1,750 Honor.

PvP gear starts at Rank 1 (Item Level 177) and can be upgraded up to Rank 7 (Item Level 216) with Honor.

The upper limit of this kind of upgrade is determined by your Renown level, and players can hold a maximum of 15,000 Honor.

• Renown Level 44 is required to upgrade Unrated PvP equipment to Rank 4, and 5.
• Renown Level 59 is required to upgrade Unrated PvP equipement to Rank 6 and 7..

Talk to Aggressor Zo'dash and drag an item to the window to upgrade it. There, you will see stats of the next rank and the upgrade cost.

For better illustration, we include a table with all the information mentioned above.

The amount of Honor required to upgrade PvP items increases with ranks. The cost also depends on the armor slot of the upgraded item.

• Head, Chest, Leg Slots and One-Hand Weapons
  • Rank 2 Upgrade adds +7 Item Levels (184) and costs 500 Honor Points.
  • Rank 3 Upgrade adds +6 Item Levels (190) and costs 575 Honor Points.
  • Rank 4 Upgrade adds +7 Item Levels (197) and costs 650 Honor Points.
  • Rank 5 Upgrade adds +6 Item Levels (203) and costs 775 Honor Points.
  • Rank 6 Upgrade adds +7 Item Levels (210) and costs 900 Honor Points and the item's quality changes from Rare to Epic.
  • Rank 7 Upgrade adds +6 Item Levels (216) and costs 1,025 Honor Points.
• Amulets, Rings, Trinkets, Cloak, Wrists
  • Rank 2 Upgrade adds +7 Item Levels (184) and costs 300 Honor Points.
  • Rank 3 Upgrade adds +6 Item Levels (190) and costs 350 Honor Points.
  • Rank 4 Upgrade adds +7 Item Levels (197) and costs 375 Honor Points.
  • Rank 5 Upgrade adds +6 Item Levels (203) and costs 450 Honor Points.
  • Rank 6 Upgrade adds +7 Item Levels (210) and costs 525 Honor Points and changes the item's quality from Rare to Epic.
  • Rank 7 Upgrade adds +6 Item Levels (216) and costs 600 Honor Points.
• Shoulders/Hands/Waist/Feet
  • Rank 2 Upgrade adds +7 Item Levels (184) and costs 400 Honor Points.
  • Rank 3 Upgrade adds +6 Item Levels (190) and costs 450 Honor Points.
  • Rank 4 Upgrade adds +7 Item Levels (197) and costs 500 Honor Points.
  • Rank 5 Upgrade adds +6 Item Levels (203) and costs 600 Honor Points.
  • Rank 6 Upgrade adds +7 Item Levels (210) and costs 725 Honor Points and changes the item's quality from Rare to Epic.
  • Rank 7 Upgrade adds +6 Item Levels (216) and costs 825 Honor Points.
• Two-Hand Weapons
  • Rank 2 Upgrade adds +7 Item Levels (184) and costs 1,000 Honor Points.
  • Rank 3 Upgrade adds +6 Item Levels (190) and costs 1,150 Honor Points.
  • Rank 4 Upgrade adds +7 Item Levels (197) and costs 1,300 Honor Points.
  • Rank 5 Upgrade adds +6 Item Levels (203) and costs 1,550 Honor Points.
  • Rank 6 Upgrade adds +7 Item Levels (210) and costs 1,800 Honor Points and changes the item's quality from Rare to Epic.
  • Rank 7 Upgrade adds +6 Item Levels (216) and costs 2,050 Honor Points.
• Off Hand Items
  • Rank 2 Upgrade adds +7 Item Levels (184) and costs 250 Honor Points.
  • Rank 3 Upgrade adds +6 Item Levels (190) and costs 275 Honor Points.
  • Rank 4 Upgrade adds +7 Item Levels (197) and costs 325 Honor Points.
  • Rank 5 Upgrade adds +6 Item Levels (203) and costs 375 Honor Points.
  • Rank 6 Upgrade adds +7 Item Levels (210) and costs 450 Honor Points and changes the item's quality from Rare to Epic.
  • Rank 7 Upgrade adds +6 Item Levels (216) and costs 500 Honor Points.

There is a cap on how much Conquest can be earned during a season. The cap increases by 550 each week. This means that during week 1, the cap is 550. During week 2, the cap is 1,100.

• If you earn 550 Conquest during week 1, you will then be able to earn 550 Conquest during week 2.
• If you earn no Conquest during week 1, you will then be able to earn 1,100 during week 2.
• If you earn 400 Conquest during week 1, you should be able to earn 700 Conquest during week 2.

Unranked Conquest gear starts at Item Level 220 and item costs depend on the item slot.

• Back/Wrist/Rings cost 525 Conquest;
• Shoulders/Hands/Waist/Feet cost 700 Conquest;
• Head/Chest/Legs cost 875 Conquest;
• Trinkets cost 525 and 700 Conquest;
• One-Hand Weapons cost 1,350 Conquest;
• Off-Hands/Amulets cost 450 Conquest;
• Two-Hand Weapons cost 1,800 Conquest.

Conduits on the vendor are of item level 213 and appear on the vendor automatically when your rating increases and cost 200 Conquest each.

Conquest gear starts at Rank 1 (Item Level 220) and can be upgraded all the way to Rank 5 (Item Level 246) with Honor. We currently do not know the exact upgrade costs, and this section will be updated with more information in the future.

The upper limit upgrade is determined by your current highest rating bracket in Arenas or Rated Battlegrounds:

• Unranked — Item Level 220;
• Rank 2 Combatant I; Item Level 226;
• Rank 3 Combatant II; Item Level 229;
• Rank 4 Challenger I; Item Level 233;
• Rank 5 Challenger II; Item Level 236;
• Rank 6 Rival I; Item Level 239;
• Rank 7 Rival II; Item Level 242;
• Rank 8 Duelist; Item Level 246;
• Rank 9 Elite; Item Level 249.

Please, refer to the table below for more information.

Blizzard in Patch 9.1.5 added a new vendor near the Flight Master in Oribos who sells Unchained Equipment Chest, used to create a piece of item level 220 Unchained Gladiator's Equipment at Unrated rank, appropriate for your loot specialization.

The chest costs 375 Conquest and can only be bought by a character with 1 1,600 or higher rating in any PvP bracket.

If you complete the Unchained Gladiator: Shadowlands Season 2 achievement and become Gladiator in Shadowlands PvP Season 2, you will receive the Unchained Gladiator's Soul Eater mount. Gladiator mounts are account-wide.

Vicious mounts for Season 2 are faction-themed Gorms.

These mounts are just a few of the 45 new mounts also added in Patch 9.1. If you would like to learn more about the other mounts available to you from dungeons, raids, and pvp, consult our mount guide below.